# Install opencode with Homebrew, chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget AI coding agent, built for the terminal. Version 1.18.10 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-01. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#opencode. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:opencode ``` ## Agent safety answer opencode is an agent-facing coding tool that can read files and invoke local developer workflows. - **Credential access:** May access repository files, tool configs, and environment variables available to the agent session. - **Remote mutation:** Can trigger local tools that mutate Git, cloud, or package state. - **Publish/artifact risk:** Can generate code or commands that become release artifacts. - **Recommended control:** Run under containment and gate sensitive tool actions. - **Agent-use guidance:** Use with scanned worktrees; require approval before commands that expose credentials or mutate remote systems. Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install opencode ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install opencode ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: llm/opencode/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#opencode ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/op/opencode/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S opencode ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: opencode from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install opencode ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: opencode from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','nvs' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/opencode ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/opencode.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id SST.OpenCodeDesktop -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: SST.OpenCodeDesktop from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:opencode - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.18.10 - **Source summary:** AI coding agent, built for the terminal - **Homepage:** - **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T03:38:36Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - opencode (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.18.10 ## Project history and usage OpenCode is an open-source AI coding agent distributed for terminal, IDE, and desktop workflows. The project positions the CLI as a coding assistant with a native terminal interface, LSP awareness, multi-session work, session sharing, and support for many model providers. ### Project history The official documentation and repository present OpenCode as a rapidly distributed developer tool rather than a project with a deeply documented pre-release history. Its packaging moved across the JavaScript ecosystem, Homebrew, Arch, Windows package managers, Nix, and a beta desktop app, which reflects the AI-coding-agent pattern of shipping a local CLI plus integrations rather than only a hosted service. The repository installation notes distinguish the project-maintained Homebrew tap from the Homebrew core formula, saying the tap is recommended for faster updates while `brew install opencode` is maintained by Homebrew and updated less frequently. That distinction matters because the package in this batch is the Homebrew formula rather than the upstream tap. ### Adoption history OpenCode's own site makes large adoption claims, including GitHub stars, contributors, commits, and monthly developer usage. Those are project-published metrics rather than independent measurements, but they show how the project presents itself: as a mainstream open-source alternative in the coding-agent ecosystem. ### How it is used Developers use `opencode` as an interactive agent for repository work: asking questions, requesting features, making code changes, undoing changes, and running parallel sessions. The docs list API keys as a prerequisite and describe use from a modern terminal emulator, with desktop and IDE forms for users who do not want only a TUI. ### Why package nerds care OpenCode is package-nerdy because it is a CLI front end over a fast-moving agent stack: releases must coordinate model-provider auth, terminal UI behavior, editor integration, desktop artifacts, and package managers that update at different speeds. Its Homebrew formula is part of a broader install matrix rather than the single canonical upstream channel. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for opencode. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Credential files - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/opencode/auth.json, ~/Library/Application Support/opencode/account.json - Unix: $XDG_DATA_HOME/opencode/auth.json, $XDG_DATA_HOME/opencode/account.json, ~/.local/share/opencode/auth.json, ~/.local/share/opencode/account.json ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - opencode: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/op/opencode/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman - opencode - 1.18.11-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: opencode from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | The open source coding agent | https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode - MacPorts - opencode: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: llm/opencode/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Chocolatey - opencode: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: opencode from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','nvs' - Scoop - main/opencode: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/opencode.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - SST.OpenCodeDesktop: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: SST.OpenCodeDesktop from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix - winget - SST.opencode: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: SST.opencode from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/opencode.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/opencode.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph - curated agent safety answer